Mark Rothko

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Mark Rothko was a Latvian-born American painter and leading figure of Abstract Expressionism, renowned for his large-scale color field paintings that explore profound emotional and spiritual themes.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist artist
human
painter
artisticFocus emotional expression
spiritual themes
birthName Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz
burialPlace East Marion Cemetery
causeOfDeath suicide
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Latvia
dateOfBirth 1903-09-25
dateOfDeath 1970-02-25
educatedAt Yale University
emigratedTo United States of America
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Rothkowitz
fieldOfWork painting
genre abstract art
givenName Markus
hasWorkInCollection Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced Color Field painting
surface form: Color Field painters

Minimalist artists
contemporary abstract painters
influencedBy Surrealism
mythology
philosophy
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting
name Mark Rothko self-link
notableWork Black on Maroon
Four Darks in Red
No. 10 (1950)
No. 14 (1960)
No. 2 (Blue, Red and Green)
No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)
No. 5/No. 22
No. 61 (Rust and Blue)
Orange, Red, Yellow
Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works)
surface form: Rothko Chapel paintings

Seagram Murals
Untitled (Black on Gray)
Untitled (Black on Gray)
surface form: Untitled (Black on Maroon)

White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
placeOfBirth Daugavpils
placeOfDeath New York City
religion atheism
spouse Edith Sachar
Mary Alice Beistle
style large-scale color field compositions
workLocation New York City

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Henri Matisse influenced Mark Rothko
Jackson Pollock influenced Mark Rothko
The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko name Mark Rothko self-link
Barnett Newman contemporaryOf Mark Rothko
Paul Klee influenced Mark Rothko
Willem de Kooning contemporaryOf Mark Rothko
Green River Cemetery, Springs, New York hasBurial Mark Rothko
subject surface form: Green River Cemetery
Abstract art hasNotableArtist Mark Rothko
Color Field painting influencedBy Mark Rothko
Milton Avery influenced Mark Rothko
Sean Scully influencedBy Mark Rothko
Agnes Martin influencedBy Mark Rothko
No. 61 (Rust and Blue) creator Mark Rothko
No. 61 (Rust and Blue) artist Mark Rothko
No. 61 (Rust and Blue) relatedTo Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Mark Rothko color field series
No. 14 (1960) creator Mark Rothko
Orange, Red, Yellow creator Mark Rothko
Orange, Red, Yellow partOf Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Mark Rothko’s late works
Seagram Murals creator Mark Rothko
Seagram Murals commissionOutcome Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Mark Rothko withdrew from the commission
Seagram Murals notableWorkOf Mark Rothko
Black on Maroon creator Mark Rothko
Four Darks in Red creator Mark Rothko
Four Darks in Red notableWorkOf Mark Rothko
No. 10 (1950) creator Mark Rothko
No. 2 (Blue, Red and Green) artist Mark Rothko
No. 5/No. 22 creator Mark Rothko
No. 5/No. 22 associatedWith Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Mark Rothko color field series
Untitled (Black on Gray) creator Mark Rothko
Untitled (Black on Gray) artist Mark Rothko
Clyfford Still influenced Mark Rothko
Rothkowitz isOriginalSurnameOf Mark Rothko
Rothkowitz isBirthSurnameOf Mark Rothko
Rothkowitz hasVariantForm Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Rothko
Rothkowitz hasNotableBearer Mark Rothko
Rothkowitz isRelatedTo Mark Rothko
this entity surface form: Rothko